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Norwich creamery owners sue Vermont Tech over farm sale
Modified: 5/25/2021 8:42:26 AM
NORWICH The owners of Norwich Farm Creamery are suing the Vermont State Colleges System for $500,000 as it tries to sell a farm they currently occupy.
Chris Gray and Laura Brown allege that state college leaders lied about their intentions for the property when forming a business partnership with the couple, undermined the venture and didn’t give their cheesemaking operation the time it needed to get off the ground.
Gray and Brown filed the lawsuit in Vermont Superior Court in Washington County on May 14 just after Vermont Technical College a subsidiary of the state college system rejected the Norwich Farm Foundation’s fourth attempt to buy the property. The foundation was formed by community members to support the couple’s attempt to stay put and to ensure the land is not further developed.
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Operators of a value-added dairy in Vermontâs peaceful Upper Valley are battling to save their farm-based business, with help from residents who value its fresh, local products and want to preserve the areaâs rich agricultural heritage.
In 2015, the 200-year-old Norwich Farm was donated to Randolph, Vermont.-based Vermont Technical College, which invested considerable money for dairy processing equipment and launched an ill-fated educational program that ceased a year later, after one semester.
Chris Gray and his wife, Laura Brown, run Norwich Farm Creamery at the farm under a lease with the school that expires in late June. Theyâre backed by the non-profit Norwich Farm Foundation thatâs trying to raise enough money to purchase the 6-acre property, keep the creamery on site, and have the farm host diverse agricultural uses including a training facility for young farmers.